The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . the rebellion and the recovery of Africa. Inthe same place was found the pedestal of a statueerected in honour of Stilicho, the inscription of whichdistinctly attributes to him the reconquest of Africa,directly in the face of the historical evidence.^A tliird inscription, commemorating the repairing ofthe Claudian and Marcian aqueducts, in the plain ofArsoli, with the money confiscated from the rebels,is preserved in the palace of Prince Massimi atArsoli. Another historic monument relating to the Gothicwars stands on
The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . the rebellion and the recovery of Africa. Inthe same place was found the pedestal of a statueerected in honour of Stilicho, the inscription of whichdistinctly attributes to him the reconquest of Africa,directly in the face of the historical evidence.^A tliird inscription, commemorating the repairing ofthe Claudian and Marcian aqueducts, in the plain ofArsoli, with the money confiscated from the rebels,is preserved in the palace of Prince Massimi atArsoli. Another historic monument relating to the Gothicwars stands on the edge of the Forum opposite theSenate-house. The inscription praises the gallantry ofthe army of Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius in de-feating Rhadagaisus at the battle of Florence in 405;the victory being attributed to Stilicho, — post con- 1 See Huelsen, 7Z monumPMto della guerra Gildonica sul Foro Ro-mano, in MUtheiL, 1895, p. 52 ; C. I. L. VI. 1187, 1730. BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH CENTURY 51 fectum Gothieum helium .Flavii StilicJionis.^ . consiliis et fortitudine. Fig. 12. — The monument of Stilicho in the Forum. This memorial, shown in our illustration (Fig. 12),set up by decree of the Senate and the Roman people, 1 Notizie degli Scavi, 1880, p. 53. 52 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME under the care of Pisidius Romulus, prefect of theCity, is the meanest and poorest in the whole presents indisputable evidence of the decline ofpride, taste, and resources at the beginning of the fifthcentury. It is made of two blocks, one of travertine,which forms the base, and one of marble above. Themarble block had previously been used as a pedestalfor an equestrian statue of bronze; the statue wasknocked off, the pedestal set up awkwardly on oneend, the cracks in it being brought together with ironclamps; then the old inscription was carefully obliter-ated, and the new one cut over it. In the same year,405, a triumphal arch was raised to the three Em-perors — with spoils of
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